Reporters: Cold War in Washington

For weeks, the Washington press corps has
been sniping at the President from every possible angle. "What is
happening," complained the New York Herald Tribune's Roscoe Drummond,
"is that Mr. Johnson is in the process of destroying the presidential
press conference as Washington correspondents have known it for 32
years." Wrote New York Times Associate Editor James Reston: "He has not
yet found time to clarify his foreign policies or the proper forum in
which to articulate them, and this is hurting his Administration both
at home and abroad."
Lamented New York Daily News Columnist Ted Lewis: "The most...